All Tasmanian arrivals who completed their international quarantine at Brisbane's Grand Chancellor Hotel since December 30 have been tracked down by state health authorities. 14 travellers are in isolation and being tested again for coronavirus, despite already returning negative results…

Victorian workers can start returning to offices from Monday as mask rules are also eased. But Premier Daniel Andrews says 18 people have returned to the state after they were quarantined in Brisbane's Grand Chancellor Hotel. They are being contacted and are isolating. The hotel has been…

Australia's chief medical officer has rejected calls to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, insisting it is completely effective in preventing serious illness and death from coronavirus. Some doctors are concerned about the vaccine's efficacy rate, which ranges from 62 per cent…

NSW has issued an alert for anyone who has been at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane, fearing a highly contagious strain of coronavirus may have spread across the border. The quarantine hotel is linked to six cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 and has been closed by the Queensland…

Coronavirus deaths in the US have hit another one-day high at more than 4300. The country's overall death toll from coronavirus has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US recorded 4327 deaths on Tuesday, with Arizona and California among the hardest-hit states.…

Four weeks on from discovering the northern beaches outbreak, NSW Health is still trying to link 14 recent coronavirus cases to known clusters. Five locally-acquired coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday in NSW from just under 15,000 tests. The origins of two new cases - one on the…

Australians stranded overseas have been dealt another blow, with passenger numbers halved on three repatriation flights because of new caps on international arrivals. There are also reports some commercial flights have been abruptly cancelled without explanation. National cabinet last…

American Denis Kudla has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Australian Open qualifying tournament in Doha and has been sent to a quarantine hotel. Fourth-seeded Kudla downed Moroccan Elliot Benchetrit 6-4 6-3 but the match ended in controversy. The positive COVID-19 text result…

Border closures have sparked fresh tensions between state governments after the end of Brisbane's mini-lockdown led to more travel restriction tweaks. A snap shutdown ended on Monday night after three days aimed at stopping a highly contagious coronavirus strain in its tracks. The…

Victoria will reopen to regional NSW, with the introduction of a new "traffic light" system for interstate travel. Permits designating regions in other parts of Australia green, orange or red zones depending on coronavirus risk were to go live from 6pm Monday. Regional NSW will be…

Anyone who arrived in Tasmania from Greater Brisbane prior to 9am on January 8th can now leave quarantine. "...because they have not been identified as a close or casual contact of the [original] case," Health Minister Sarah Courtney said on Monday afternoon. The changes come as the…

Victorian travellers to Queensland have been warned they might not be able to return home, as Brisbane locks down for three days. Premier Daniel Andrews says it likely won't be possible for Victorians to travel to or return from the sunshine state once the hard lockdown comes into effect…

Tasmania is imposing new border restrictions on people entering from the Sunshine State's capital. The Queensland Government has announced a snap three-day lockdown of Greater Brisbane, after a hotel quarantine cleaner test positive for the new more infections strain of COVID-19, which is…

Greater Brisbane will enter a hard lockdown from 6pm on Friday after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel was diagnosed with the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19. Residents in the council areas of Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay and Redlands will be required to stay at home until…

Victoria is still trying to identify the source of the state's first mystery COVID-19 case in more than two months, after recording no new infections. The state had no local, interstate or overseas acquired cases to report on Thursday - its first clean sheet since December 29. Three…

A Melbourne man infected with coronavirus attended the Boxing Day sales at Chadstone Shopping Centre and day two of the Australia-India cricket Test at the MCG. Just where the man acquired his infection is a mystery. Acting Premier Jacinta Allan said health authorities don't believe the…

South Australia's transition committee is set to meet again but is unlikely to change coronavirus border restrictions with NSW or Victoria. The committee will meet on Tuesday to consider the latest in the fight against growing COVID-19 clusters in both Sydney and Melbourne. At present, SA…

Victoria's Black Rock coronavirus cluster now has 24 cases, as long queues again confront returned interstate travellers at testing sites across Melbourne. Acting Premier Jacinta Allan confirmed all three locally acquired COVID-19 infections reported on Monday are linked to the outbreak,…

Most Australians won't be locked down over Christmas after the NSW government eased coronavirus restrictions in Sydney. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Sydneysiders will be allowed to host limited visitors over Christmas, after just eight new locally-acquired cases were reported in…

A person who returned to Victoria after visiting the epicentre of Sydney's coronavirus outbreak has tested positive for the illness. Their infection was acquired within the northern beaches area, Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Tuesday. "Close contacts are…